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Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India : the Hijra, c.1850-1900 / Jessica Hinchy.
Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2019Description: xviii, 305 p. : 24 cmISBN:- 9781108492553 (hbk)
- 9781108716888 (pbk)
- 306.7680954 HIN
Contents:
The Hijra panic -- An ungovernable population -- Hijras and Indian middle class morality -- The 'gradual extirpation' of the Hijra -- The Hijra archive -- Hijra life histories -- Classifying illegible bodies, contesting colonial categories -- Policing, evading, surviving -- Saving children to eliminate Hijras -- Conclusion -- Postscript : Hijras and the state in postcolonial South Asia.
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NLS | General Stacks | 306.7680954 HIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | PB | Available | Recommended by Dr. Anwesha Ghosh | 39218 |
The Hijra panic -- An ungovernable population -- Hijras and Indian middle class morality -- The 'gradual extirpation' of the Hijra -- The Hijra archive -- Hijra life histories -- Classifying illegible bodies, contesting colonial categories -- Policing, evading, surviving -- Saving children to eliminate Hijras -- Conclusion -- Postscript : Hijras and the state in postcolonial South Asia.